Last month, the Traditional Values Coalition launched ENDAHurtsKids.com, a website devoted
to convincing parents that ENDA will harm their children. Under the bill, the site warns, "your
children will be trapped in classes taught by drag queens" and "forced to learn about
bizarre sexual fetishes." As Media
Matters Action has noted, these
scary claims are blatantly false.

But the group was back at it yesterday, charging that ENDA would
"normalize" the "Dirty 30"
-- which the Traditional Values Coalition describes as "bizarre
sexual orientations listed by the American Psychiatric Association." Here's
a small selection from the list:

Apotemnophilia - sexual arousal
associated with the stump(s) of an amputee

Hypephilia - a sexual attraction to
fabrics

Toucherism - characterized by a strong
desire to touch the breast or genitals of an unknown woman without her consent

The "Dirty 30" also includes criminal
acts, such as pedophilia, incest, and bestiality.

Despite the Traditional Values
Coalition's allegations, none of these behaviors actually fall under the
American Psychiatric Association's definition of sexual orientation -- which
refers only to people who are heterosexual, gay/lesbian, or bisexual. (Read a longer discussion of sexual
orientation here.)

In short, the assertion that ENDA
would offer blanket protection for the behaviors listed in the "Dirty 30" is
totally wrong. Without a legitimate
argument for allowing discrimination, the Traditional Values Coalition is simply
fear-mongering about a bill that extends basic rights to people they don't
like.